Ips cembrae (Heer, 1836)
(a bark or ambrosia beetle)

Interactions where Ips cembrae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds within cambium Larix larches Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ips cembrae/Ips cembraea bark or ambrosia beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/Larixlarchescambium
larva larva feeds within cambium Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ips cembrae/Ips cembraea bark or ambrosia beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucescambium
larva larva feeds within cambium Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ips cembrae/Ips cembraea bark or ambrosia beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinescambium

Interactions where Ips cembrae is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
spreads mycelium Foreign Endoconidiophora laricicola a fungus Microascales: Ceratocystidaceae Survey of fungal species vectored by Ips cembrae to European larch trees in Raciborskie forests (Poland), Jankowiak, R., Rossa, R. & Mista, K., 2007
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Ceratocystidaceae/Endoconidiophora laricicola/Endoconidiophora laricicolaa fungusmycelium Animal / vectorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ips cembrae/Ips cembraea bark or ambrosia beetle mycelium is spread by
spreads mycelium Ophiostoma ips a blue-stain fungus Ophiostomatales: Ophiostomataceae Survey of fungal species vectored by Ips cembrae to European larch trees in Raciborskie forests (Poland), Jankowiak, R., Rossa, R. & Mista, K., 2007
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Ophiostomatales/Ophiostomataceae/Ophiostoma ips/Ophiostoma ipsa blue-stain fungusmycelium Animal / vector /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ips cembrae/Ips cembraea bark or ambrosia beetle mycelium is spread by

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Jankowiak, R., Rossa, R. & Mista, K., 2007Survey of fungal species vectored by Ips cembrae to European larch trees in Raciborskie forests (Poland)Czech Mycology vol 59(2): 227-239.

Ips cembrae (a bark or ambrosia beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ips cembrae (a bark or ambrosia beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIps cembrae (a bark or ambrosia beetle)
GenusIps (a genus of bark or ambrosia beetles)
SubfamilySCOLYTINAE (bark and ambrosia beetles)
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division Gonatoceri (true weevils)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ips cembrae (a bark or ambrosia beetle)

Ips cembrae (a bark or ambrosia beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jankowiak, R., Rossa, R. & Mista, K. 2007 Survey of fungal species vectored by Ips cembrae to European larch trees in Raciborskie forests (Poland) Czech Mycology vol 59(2): 227-239.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ips cembrae (a bark or ambrosia beetle):

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